The church was designed in such a beautiful way that people come just to see the decorated chapels. There are two of these chapels - the lower chapel and the upper chapel. The lower chapel is highly decorated, and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. During the reign of King Louis IX, this area of the cathedral was reserved for palace staff. The architecture in this chapel is stunning; the ceiling is painted to appear a starry sky, the walls hold representations of the Apostles, and even the floor holds tombstones of reverends and treasurers of the Sainte-Chapelle. The one negative thing about the lower chapel is that it is quite dark. This is a contrast to the upper chapel. The upper chapel is light and full of color, and is known as the “Highlight of the Monument.” The decorations show art and religion working harmoniously, and there is a sense of holiness in this area because this is the chapel in which the Holy Relics were kept. Although both of these chapels are very beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful thing of all in this cathedral are the stained glass windows. Appearing in dominant colors of blue and red, there are about 600 square meters of these stained glass windows. The art dates back to a long time ago - the twelfth century craftsmanship is ancient, yet so perfect to the cathedral. What is even more stunning about these window panes is that they can be read in arches that go from left to right. In fact, they tell…
Third, in Gothic architecture was had some animals on the walls. The animals are call Gargoyles. The Gargoyles were also one of the important characteristic of Gothic architecture. The Gargoyles usually on the top of the roof of buildings. The Gargoyles not only the decorative, but also deterrence evil not to come close this place. In fact the purpose of the Gargoyles were drain off the rainwater from the roof. This design on the roof not only the functional, but also had another meaning behind. Most of Gothic architecture buildings were no longer just decorate inside, the architects were decorated outside. The Notre Dame cathedral is the typical example of gothic style. The Notre Dame cathedral has all of the characteristic we mentioned before.…
Patrick’s old Cathedral I immediately noticed how beautiful the building looked from the outside. The building is in great condition and it looks like it was just built a few years ago and when I did research on it I was very surprised when I found out that it is over 200 years old. When I went inside the church, I was amazed by the beauty of the church from the inside too. I first saw the huge altar in the front of the church and the amazing bright colors on the stained glass window above the altar. My eyes were also drawn right to the tall statues that are sitting around the back of the altar. The tall pillars inside the church running from the entrance towards the altar were also beautiful and makes the church look great. I was amazed that the church looks so beautiful even though it is so old and I am also very surprised that the architects who built were able to build it even though they didn’t have the technology that we have…
The York Minster Cathedral is an inspiring place of worship for pilgrims traveling in England and the rest of Europe. York Minster Cathedral was built to replace an earlier cathedral which had burned to the ground. When Walter de Gray became archbishop in 1215 he ordered the construction of a Gothic structure to compare to Canterbury; construction began in 1220. The north and south transepts were the first new structures completed in the 1250s. A substantial central tower was also completed, with a wooden spire. The Chapter House was begun in the 1260s and was completed before 1296. In the 1280s, the wide nave was constructed on the foundations of the old, Norman-style cathedral, which had been burned. The outer roof was completed in the 1330s,…
The style of this building is most likely to be in the Late Gothic period, which is around 13th century. This structure has a lot of key elements like: stained glass rose windows, diagonal and transverse ribs vaults with pointed arches, and clerestory. These are the similarities in most of the Gothic cathedrals in 13th century. The use of bar tracery and the blind arcade are also typical for the Gothic period. Another example of this kind of architecture is the Notre-Dame de Paris in France.…
The church dates back to 1175, having been initially built as a Roman-Catholic monastery, it was turned into a protestant church following the Protestant Reformation. The church is built with a three-nave basilica plane, positioned on the east-west axis, in a Romanesque style. The church was not plastered as to follow the Romanesque style rules, but the legend says there have been attempts to plaster the outer walls but the mortar would not stick to the red brick of which the church was made, due to a curse of a plaster-worker.…
Upon finishing the circuitous walk, we continue to the apse. Since the cathedral is laid out in a cruciform shape, we pass by the two transepts (right and left rectangular shapes of a cross). Pillars line the aisle stretching a magnificant18 m to the ceiling. Once in the nave, we can observe the vaulted ceiling, which is 36 m high, and stained glass windows on either side. Prior to entering the Cathedral, we had noticed the unusual flying buttresses (the supporting arches over the windows) on the outside walls of the nave, created to support the extra tall vaulted ceiling. The extraordinary stained glass windows are dark, but still light enough to allow us to view “biblical stories, legends of the saints, the lives of heroes like Roland and Charlemagne, and scenes of everyday medieval life”.…
The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine is simply breathtaking. From the exterior to the interior of the cathedral, you can find plentiful amounts of highly sophisticated bodies of work. Before laying a foot inside, the massive bronze doors containing forty-eight relief panels depicting scenes from the Old and New Testament catches the eyes of many. Also, many note the exquisite statues and carvings of saints and Jesus all along the Western Front of the Cathedral. Once inside, the enormous pilier-cantonnés stand along the nave aisle, where it erects up into the ceiling. Eventually, the columns meet with one another at four angles, creating a quadripartite vault in the nave ceiling. The stained glass windows that lines the entire cathedral strikes your retina at all different angles as you rotate your body. A little beyond the crossing, the high altar contains a magnificent cross, as well as an iron tomb of the man who founded the cathedral. If you focus the eyes just behind the choir, you will glare at seven stunning radial chapels—each one representing an apostle, a patron, or immigrant. But out of all the marvelous artwork within and outside the chapel, there was one particular window that caught my attention.…
One of the most notable differences is their preference on verticality versus horizontality, which can be considered to be opposition to each other in style features. They used architectural features such as vertical vault shafts to highlight the height and width of cathedrals. It is also found that although both of them used buttresses, they used in different ways. French gothic cathedrals intend to accentuate the vertical lines of the cathedrals by using the flying buttresses in the exterior, while English gothic cathedrals usually build buttresses in the interior of the cathedrals. Moreover, both of them differ from the facade and east ends of the cathedrals. There were also similarities between them, such as the use of ribbed vaulting and pointed arches. When it comes to the functions and meanings of French and English gothic cathedrals, they have distinctive values. The cathedrals in France are symbol of heaven, but in English it is the symbolic connotation of processions. Through comparing French and English gothic cathedrals, artistic styles, historical influence and functional values help us lay a solid foundation to have a better understanding of the complicated art at that historical…
The Cathedrals were the most obvious symbol of a church’s wealth. It must have been a competition of who had the nicest and largest Cathedral. In 1163, Notre-Dame in Paris was the highest at 34m tall…
churches and cathedralss were often very beautiful, those that survive are still the glory of Europe. Their stone carvings, paintings, and sstained glass windows, were designed to glorify God and to lift the spirits. Which they still do, in my opinion.…
St. Paul's Cathedral has had a very interesting and long history. It involves natural disasters, sabotage, invasions, lies, and deception. It has been through a lot over the many years of its existence, including several reconstructions. While there has been many changes to it, the one thing that could be counted on was the fact that there was always something unexpected happening to it. Even though St. Paul's Cathedral has had some hard times, it has re-bounded with the help of several generations of citizens, and has become the architectural jewel as we know it to be today in the crowded streets of London.…
Chartres was having population of 10,000 people and the estimated cost of the project was billion dollars. People gave their jewels and money for the project but that money was not enough for the project. But they knew that if cathedral construction could not take place, then local business will burst as there would be no pilgrims. So they appealed money across the Europe. Donations came flooding in from Western Europe for the project. Cathedral was spot for the traders. They had to pay double taxes. Two years later, when funds got shortened, bishop used homely insurance policy to keep construction going. In 1196, when funds run out, people patience run out as work came to halt as they saw the project nowhere near the finish. Building works were destroyed that time and king decided people to pay compensation for the riots.So people’s money was used to build the…
The gothic-architectural designs and styles are depicted in the construction of Saint Peter’s Basilica Cathedral. Its construction is led by Pope Leo X in order to increase his papal power and promote Catholicism in the whole empire.…
A Comparison of the Medieval and Renaissance Eras It is amazing how significantly various aspects of society can and will change over a prolonged period of time. Between the time periods of the Medieval era and the Renaissance, one can note numerous significant changes, mainly those pertaining to art and religion. In general, ideals and subjects during the Renaissance became more secular. In Medieval times, people seemed to focus mainly on the church, God, and the afterlife; Whereas during the Renaissance, the focus was more secular: humans and life on earth.…